I have been listening to talk radio off & on today. This is the big reason that I don’t like McCain [for president].

The way he took Romney’s comments on the Timetable totally out of context. He tends to do this – shoot off his mouth without even listening to the whole clip. He does this a lot.. This isn’t an isolated incident.

I would not argue that McCain is not fiscally conservative. He is one of the only Senators that NEVER has an earmark. He is the watchdog in the Senate that shines the light on other outrageous earmarks. The reason he voted against tax cuts that time, was because he also wanted to see spending cuts itemized in the same way – not because he was against the tax cuts.

I heard on Michael Medved that both Romney & Rudy said that McCain’s age doesn’t matter. Is that true? [yes -pf] (Medved is supporting McCain. He had Tom Ridge on last Friday which was quite an apologetic!)

The other reasons I argue against McCain at this point are:

Management Skills – McCain was a high ranking military officer. However, management in the military is very different from the public or private sector. Senators don’t have to manage anything other than their staff and they usually have someone else doing that too. Both Romney & Rudy have outstanding management skills.

Leadership Skills – I wish Rudy’s ideas – white papers – had more publicity. He really appears to be one of the only Republicans with real ideas instead of rhetoric. I haven’t heard any real ideas out of either Romney or McCain.

Put Rudy, Mitt or McCain next to Obama. Who would win in a debate? (1) Rudy, (2) Mitt, (3) McCain.

McCain is really lower than (3) because he would shoot off his mouth like he did with Romney – out of ignorance. (I have already written off Huck because of money. But in a debate against Obama – he would entertain with a cute comeback, but no substance.)